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He attacked Left government in Kerala for alleged killings of BJP-RSS workers

Amit Shah also hit out at human rights' groups for alleged bias in protests

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah today led the Delhi leg of the party's Jana Raksha Yatra to protest against the alleged killings of RSS-BJP men in Kerala by the ruling CPM.Launching a fierce attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Amit Shah said, "Communist Party sho

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah today led the Delhi leg of the party's Jana Raksha Yatra to protest against the alleged killings of RSS-BJP men in Kerala by the ruling CPM.

Launching a fierce attack on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Amit Shah said, "Communist Party should be ashamed, most murders took place in CM's area. Over 120 BJP-RSS workers (have been) killed since Communists came to power".

The BJP chief, who was accompanied by the party's state unit head Manoj Tiwari during the Jana Raksha Yatra, accused human rights' organisations of bias and "selective protest". "The selective protest of human rights' champions exposes them. Why don't they take out candle marches against the Left," asked Amit Shah.

Accusing the CPM of brutality, Amit Shah said, "Life can be taken with a bullet, but bodies of our workers were chopped to pieces to instill fear. Even then, we are not scared of sacrifice".

Amit Shah had kicked off the 15-day Jana Raksha Yatra in Kerala on October 3 from Payyannur in Kannur district. In Kerala, the BJP chief attacked the Vijayan government and said that whenever the Left Front came to power in the state, it had set off a cycle of violence.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also participated in the Jana Raksha Yatra in Kerala and said that love jihad is a reality in Kerala. "Kerala has not taken effective steps to control it. Hadiya case itself is an evidence of love jihad," he said.

The CPM, on its part, invited the Uttar Pradesh chief minister to Kerala with a sarcastic tweet: "We invite UP CM Yogi to visit Kerala Hospitals to learn how to run Hospitals effectively".

The Jana Raksha Yatra, a show of strength by the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is aimed at highlighting the political violence of the CPM against their cadres.

In the Delhi leg of the Jana Raksha Yatra, all state office bearers and party's national office bearers will join a 2-km walk from Connaught Place to the CPM office.